RE: Futaba or JR
I like the Futaba. What are you doing that you need one of the high end radios? I have flown for 30 years and have done just about anything you can do with a plane and the 9C does everything I ever wanted to do and costs a lot less. The big ones are impressive to show up with, but why buy one if you are not going to use all the functions.
I have flown both the JR and the Futaba high end radios and prefer Futaba. You will find guys that like JR as much as I like Futaba though. Both are good, you just need to decide which you want and enjoy it. [8D]